<VV> Swim Suit issue !

[airvair]

Yea, they caught a lot of flack over that one. Personally, I never
thought an "april fools" issue served any useful purpose, either. Sure,
I appreciate good humor, but often amateur comedians can easily cross
the line into bad taste without realizing it. The result is that what
one person sees as a joke is offensive to another. The defining sign, I
think, is when the author tries to write (darn, I can't think of the
name for it - sarcasm?) realistically when something is a fabrication.
Such humor really takes a pro to pull it off right.

So far though, I have yet to see anyone writing for CC that is as
skilled as, say, Garrison Keilor or Mark Twain. IMHO, an obvious joke or
two is ok, but such "fabrication" humor issues would best be left to a
professional.

Now if they wanted to have a humor page, maybe they should reprint the
"Incredo Products" page that the Air Horn used to periodically print.
Now THAT would be humor that's obvious to everyone.

-Mark

Secular wrote:
> 
>     ummmm....take a look at the cover of CORSA Communiqué --- Special April 1993 SwimSuit issue ---  picturing Sandy Lezon & Cindy Hopp :)
> 
>     Ironically, and although it was an April Fool, in the next issue (May 1993 - open forum section), this fellow writes:
>       " Request my subscription to CORSA be cancelled immediately if not sooner. I do NOT need a swimsuit issue ! I do not have to have my money refunded but I do feel my money will be put to much better use from now on
> 
>         ---- somewhere in Georgia"
>     I haven't laughed so hard in a long time :))
> 
>     Tony
>